I guess I don't play Mario then. It's a pretty simple concept.

Except it's totally not. Maybe the only 100% legal in every single country way, but not the only way by half. Fuck Nintendo. Fuck $80+ for a game. And fuck the switch 2.

If Mario is 100x more expensive than it needs to be, and there are millions of games that are just as good for a dime, you don't buy Mario.

No offence to folks who like Mario games, but I don't personally feel good playing them. They have a working class protagonist who works to maintain monarchic status quo (fighting evil kingdom to defend another kingdom). Also the games encourage violence toward turtles. Not cool in my books.

Anyway, jokes aside, I'm not getting a Switch 2 anytime soon, will probably get a Steam Deck before that.

I will buy a Switch 2 for however much it costs and when Nintendo first party titles start costing a whole week of work plus overtime I will still buy them. I will take out a mortgage for the eventual $49,999.99 console and $4,999.99 games. I will sell individual organs directly to Nintendo for whatever they want. I will singlehandedly commit genocide with my bare hands for Nintendo. I will gladly die for Nintendo. I live to serve my angel of salvation.

Sounds like someone thinks there is only one choice, buy or don't.

🏴‍☠️Harhar! 🏴‍☠️

And he’s right. Switch 2 and its $80 games will not only sell like hot cakes, it will set the standard for AAA publishers going forward. I fully expect to see $100 base games as standard before the end of the next generational cycle, and they’ll still have microtransactions and endless special editions.

Yeah, no. It is not the only place to play Mario. There’s emulation and Piracy. I’m quite certain skilled people will try to hack the Switch 2 and sooner or later there will be a Switch 2 emulation (although might take a while). €80-90 euro for one single game is nuts.

The only reason I would purchase a Switch 2 is when it is capable of being hacked.

uh I fuckin wish I could play mario 64, sunshine, or galaxy on my current generation switch

But... it's not the only place to play mario....

You can play Mario on old dumb phones using J2ME emulators.

nope. they might be counting dumptruckloads of cash, but $0.00 of it will have come from me

Give it 3 months after launch and there will be an emulator that won't be able to play games, but already have something like a black boot screen.

For everyone chiming in with piracy (which I support): Layden is more calling Nintendo fans "junkies" than advocating for 80$ prices. His message (even in the face of Ryan's LSG push) has always been "first party exclusivity sells consoles".

You think so huh? ~pulls on frock coat~

Is that right? ~puts on tricorn hat~

I don't think Ralph agrees. ~"You're goddamn right I don't! - Ralph the Parrot"~

No thanks. I'll keep playing my old games.

You see, when a good or service is priced too high, it fails to sell. Economics, bitch!

I bought a switch and those Zelda games during Covid. When I moved, the switch got boxed up. It’s still in the box today.

I’ll be skipping Switch #2 - $80 games reinforces the decision.

Yup he's right. Nintendo can charge whatever they feel like, add dlcs and monthly sub payments and 90% of people will buy it all the same.

I’m not schocked by a game costing around 80$ as that’s already what a new game costs in my country.

I remember buying Final Fantasy 8 almost 30 years ago for above 90$ as a teenager.

I also kind of remember that NES and Super NES games were really expensive.

I’m not saying that I want the price of games to increase though and I think it’s weird that Nintendo is doing this when their games clearly aren’t the most expensive ones to create.

I know I won’t be buying a Switch 2and I think people should vote with their wallets.

Or pirate it when the emulator inevitably happens